It has been over a year now since my world was torn in two. Time to start moving forward. Baby steps to start with. I am going to try to start eating healthy again in a structured manner, not just eating from the fridge door.
I stil... Read more

After having a virus and then having been admitted to hospital after having a triple seizure one after another, came back home the next day after just one night in hospital to have my darling husband collapse with a fatal heart attack barely 2 d... Read more

..this week,although as I have not been eating properly due to a flu virus am amazed I lost even that. Cant wait to feel well enough to get down to eating properly, have got no energy to do much.
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Its a start. Weight is not coming off so quickly now so I shall have to be patient. One pound each week I know would be 52 pounds in a year!
Wishing all Spark folk a good week - at least I wont be eating any chocolate today being Easter -... Read more

Oh dear, being treated to a birthday weekend away in a hotel is not good for ones diet but hey ho, its once a year and therefore the 3 pounds I have gained will have to be lost again.
Its very frustrating because I am just itching to get... Read more

TWO pounds this week.
Coming off slowly but surely, long may it continue.
I can even do up a size UK 20 non-stretchy trousers, although I would not dream of wearing them out, as they are still too tight and would not want to bend down and... Read more

Another pound off this week. A little more would have been rather nice, but as I keep telling everyone, EVERY POUND counts and better off than on!
Am enjoying wearing my new clothes, especially my first pair of (palazzo) trousers since bei... Read more

I am wearing for the very first time in my adult life a pair of palazzo trousers and I look STUNNING in them, even if I say so myself. The palazzo is perfect for my swollen legs, you would not know there were anything wrong with them. I have s... Read more

I am delighted to record another 3 pound weight loss this week and also have become a "teenager" by dropping out of the 20's and into 19's. Yeah...on track again!
That is a total of 9 pounds for the 2 weeks since starting the diabetic diet... Read more

I have been experimenting all week with a diabetic diet (as I am borderline) so have spaced all my meals out and snacks in one day and kept to a reasonable calorie intake. I also have not taken any water tablets or wore my stockings so that any... Read more

I am gradually going through my favourites list and whereas before I was primarily concerned with calories and cutting down on fats, have now had to do a change around and consider the carbohydrates, therefore editing and amending my favourites.... Read more

Tis Day 1 of the rest of my life, I have been a good girlie last week and watched what I was eating and tracked 80% of it. Consequently have managed to lose 2 pounds this week.
Have changed my nutrition page which now is set differently fo... Read more